Cisco Aironet 350 Series Installation Manual
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- Page 1 Installation of Cisco 350 Series AP and Wireless PC Adapter Property of: Jason Sforza 902 N. Highland Ave. Girard, OH 44420...
- Page 2 You will be required to install a wireless NIC into a PCI slot on the motherboard of a computer. The card you will be using is a Cisco Aironet 350 series LAN adapter. You will also be configuring a Cisco Aironet 350 Series AP . The configuration of the AP will be basic yet secure.
- Page 3 Using the power injector with other Ethernet-ready devices can damage the equipment. • Caution The operational voltage range for Cisco Aironet 350 series access points and bridges is 24 to 60 VDC. Higher voltage can damage the equipment. •...
- Page 4 (depicted in image below list): • Cisco Aironet 350 series access point • Nine pin, male-to-female, straight-through serial cable (light blue in color) QuickStart Guide: Cisco Aironet 350 series access point • • Cisco Aironet Series Wireless Access Points CD-ROM •...
- Page 5 Connecting the Cables Before you mount your access point you want to be sure that all of the connections are correct and that programming the access point has been successful. We are now ready to begin the setup of the access point. Power Cords Step 1 Plug the yellow CAT 5 cable that was provided into the Ethernet port on the back of the AP.
- Page 6 Serial Connection This next step is one of a few steps that is going to allow you connect PC to the AP and configure it through HyperTerminal. In this part of the manual, you will only be making physical connections. Step 4 Your AP came with a light blue colored serial cable.
- Page 7 These lights are used for diagnostics. ap_indicator_LEDS-01-pg8 The top light is the network indicator, the middle light is the status indicator, and the bottom light is the radio indicator. Below is a table that was provided by Cisco explaining the lights. Message Type...
- Page 8 Error/warning Steady Blinking Transmit/receive green amber errors. Contact technical support for assistance if necessary. Blinking General warning. amber Failure Steady Steady Steady red Firmware failure; disconnect power from the unit and reapply power. If the failure persists, contact technical support for assistance. Firmware upgrade Steady Unit is loading new...
- Page 9 Step 1 Open HyperTerminal Step 2 It's now time to setup HyperTerminal so that it can communicate with the access point. Now that you have HyperTerminal open your screen should look like this. hyperterm_new_connection-pg10 In the box provided, type a name for your connection. Click OK. Step 3 A box will appear as shown below.
- Page 10 How to Use the Programming Tools Cisco designed the firmware of the access point to look like a text based web page when accessed through HyperTerminal. Anything in brackets [ ] acts as an option. To enter these options you begin to type the letters within the brackets. Cisco used a feature called "Autocomplete"...
- Page 11 Config. Server [Protocol] The default setting for the access point is to use the DHCP protocol to obtain network configurations for use with the access point. If you do not have the access point connected to a network with a DHCP or a BOOTP server you will need to manually configure the access point's IP address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway.
- Page 12 Step 2 You will now be given three more options: [None] [DHCP] [BOOTP]. Type "none" and hit "Enter." Your screen will now look like this: hyperterm_express_setup_none-pg-14 Notice the text "٭FIELD CHANGED "٭next to the beginning text of the command line. This is a notice that alerts you to either save the setting you just made or discard the setting.
- Page 13 In the images above the SSID has already been changed. The default SSID is "tsunami." IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO CHANGE THE SSID. If someone is scanning on the default SSID they may be able to join your network. Step 1 Begin to type "Radio Service Set ID,"...
- Page 14 Installing the Network Card Hardware Installing the network card is a fairly simple task. When installing any type of computer equipment there is a risk of receiving an electric shock. This can be fatal so be sure to follow the directions carefully. Step 1 If the computer is on, shut it down.
- Page 15 Step 3 Now you need to identify an empty PCI slot. This slot is usually white in color (shown in picture below, circled in red). pcislot_inside01-pg16 Step 4 Where the empty PCI slot is, unscrew the screw holding the metal dust cover and remove the cover.
- Page 16 Step 6 Take the network card out of the plastic packaging being careful not to touch any of the metal connections on the card. It is appropriate to touch the metal bracket at the front of the card and the rear corners (all circled in red). adapter_wo_antenna-pg18 Step 7 Now you are going to put the network card into the empty PCI slot that you identified earlier.
- Page 17 After you have inserted the card it will look like this: computer_w_adapter-02-pg19 Step 8 Take the screw that you had taken out that was holding the dust cover and screw it back in to hold the network card in place. Step 9 Put the case back on the computer and put the screws back in to hold the case Step 10 Take the antenna that was provided with the network card and screw it onto the card.
- Page 18 Step 11 Plug all of the cords back into the computer. You are now ready to boot the computer and install the network card's software. Software and Drivers Installing the software for the network card is somewhat easy but can cause some trouble.
- Page 19 The next screen will look like this: found_new_hardware_02-pg22 Step 3 Make sure the option to "Search for a suitable driver for my device" is selected and press the "Next" button. Your screen should now display the following window. found_new_hardware_03-pg23 Step 4 Click "Next" and you will be brought to a screen that shows that Windows has found a driver for your hardware.
- Page 20 Step 5 Click "Next." After doing this the driver will install and you will be brought to the final screen of the wizard. Click "Finish" and your card is now installed. found_new_hardware_05-pg25 The computer may ask you if you'd like to reboot. If it does this, reboot to complete the installation.
- Page 21 Configuration of the NIC To configure the properties of the NIC you are going to navigate to the properties screen of "My Network Places" and then to the properties screen of the new wireless network connection, usually named "Local Area Connection." Step 1 Right-click on the icon that's on the desktop named "My Network Places."...
- Page 22 Step 4 Now that you are in the "Network Connections" window you will see an icon that should be named "Local Area Connection." Right-click the icon and click "Properties" in the menu that appears (shown below). local_properties-pg27 The "Local Area Connection Properties" box appears as shown here: network_properties-pg28 You are now going to set the TCP/IP settings to correspond with the IP settings if the access point.
- Page 23 The default settings of the access point are as follows: • IP Address – 10.0.0.1 • Subnet Mask – 255.255.255.0 • Gateway – 255.255.255.255 For your network, you will base your IP settings from this information. An IP address can only be used once so 10.0.0.1 cannot be used by any other piece of equipment in your network.
- Page 24 Step 6 If you did not see the "Local Area Connection" icon as mentioned on page 20, check the white box (circled in red below) next to the text "Show icon in taskbar when connected." Now click "OK." If you did see the icon all you need to do is click "OK." Doing this takes you back to the desktop.
- Page 25 (shown below). cmd_ipconfig_all_01-pg32 The adapter you are concerned with is the "Cisco Systems 350 Series PCI Wireless LAN Adapter." Step 4 Document the "Physical Address," a.k.a. MAC address. In this example the MAC address is "00-09-B7-50-12-57."...
- Page 26 Setup You are now going to be using the "Setup" screen to navigate to the security features. At the command line begin to type "Setup" and you will be taken to the "Setup" screen. The screen is shown below. hyperterm_setup_01-pg33 The "Setup"...
- Page 27 You are now ready to enter the [Address Filters] screen. At the command line begin to type "address filters." If it appears on the line hit "Enter." When you enter the [Address Filters] screen you should see a window like the one below.
- Page 28 Notice the option to the left of the MAC address. This is the "Allowed" option. At this point in time you do not have to make any change to this option because it is defaulted to "Allowed." You would use this option if you wanted to "Disallow" a MAC address from being able to use the network.
- Page 29 [Adv AP Radio] In order to configure the access point to activate the "Address Filter" you just added you need to go back to the "Setup" screen. Step 1 At the command line begin to type "Setup." You should be taken there automatically.
- Page 30 [Default Multicast Address Filter] You are now going to change the "Default Multicast Address Filter" to "Disallowed". Step 1 Begin to type "Default Multicast Address Filter," if it appears on the line hit "Enter." This will bring up a command line that will give you a choice of [Allowed] or [Disallowed] (shown below).
- Page 31 Default Unicast Address Filters The next steps will take you through changing the default unicast filters to "Disallowed." You should still be in the screen that you used to change the multicast filter. You will use the same screen to change the unicast filters. Step 1 Begin to type "a-open."...
- Page 32 Step 7 Now you need to apply your changes. At the command line being to type "apply." Once it appears on the line hit "Enter." All of your filters have been successfully changed to "Disallowed" and your network will only allow authentication, authorization, and traffic from adapters that are in the "Address Filters"...
- Page 33 At this point, you are going to add an account that is authorized to make changes to the configuration of the access point. By doing this, you prevent access by unwanted visitors. In the "Security" screen you will see an option [Login]. Under [Login] you will see and option User [Information] (shown on page 32).
- Page 34 Step 2 In this screen you will see the [Add New User] option. Begin to type "add new user" and go to the new screen, it will look like the one below. hyperterm_security_usr_info_add_01-pg42 Step 3 Begin to type "user name" to enter the screen that will allow you to add a user. If "user name"...
- Page 35 Step 8 You will be brought to a command line that will allow you to enter the password. Enter the password, be sure you typed the password exactly as you typed it previously, and hit "Enter." Step 9 Now you need to decide what capability settings need to be added to the user. You are creating an administrative account so you should set this user to have all of the capabilities.
- Page 36 Advanced Features The Cisco Aironet 350 Series access point has a feature that allows you to configure it through a Web browser. You can only connect to the access point through the Web interface by being on the same subnet and IP address under the current configuration.
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